Turkish factory activity ekes out growth in January — PMI

Lawyer istanbul, Feb 1 (Reuters) — Turkish factory activity expanded very slightly in January after shrinking for 10 straight months, although both output and new orders continued to contract, a business survey showed on Wednesday. The Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) for manufacturing rose to 50.1 last month from 48. When you adored this post as…

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U.S. judge rejects bail proposal for FTX founder Bankman-Fried

By Luc Cohen and Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK, Feb 7 (Reuters) — A federal judge on Tuesday rejected a proposal to modify Sam Bankman-Fried’s bail conditions, despite an agreement between the FTX cryptocurrency exchange founder and prosecutors to address potential witness tampering concerns. U.S.District Judge Lewis Kaplan in Manhattan did not provide reasons for the…

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Bus crash kills at least 8, injures dozens in western Turkey

ISTANBUL (AP) — A passenger bus crashed off a road and overturned in western Turkey Sunday, Lawyer istanbul killing at least eight people and injuring dozens. The governor´s office of Afyonkarahisar province said the bus was traveling from the southeastern Diyarbakir province to the Aegean city of Bodrum. Health Minister Fahrettin Koca tweeted that 42…

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Jailed Belgian lawyer cleared of laundering family shares in AB…

By Marine Strauss BRUSSELS, Feb 8 (Reuters) — A Belgian lawyer who was acquitted of money-laundering and falsifying documents in a case involving Belgium’s richest family will seek compensation in Belgian courts for damages she suffered after almost a decade of legal proceedings. Fara Chorfi, 61, was sentenced to 30 months in 2019 by a…

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Nigerian rights panel, underfunded and overmatched, begins probe of…

By Libby George Feb 7 (Reuters) — A special panel named by Nigeria’s National Human Rights Commission launched an investigation Tuesday into recent Reuters reports on rights abuses by the country´s army.Those familiar with the commission´s past work say it faces stiff challenges. The state-funded NHRC does its best to press officials to act in…

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